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ter to Turkey. is a ready and prolific writer.
His latest addition to consids rable, list OF
works is The Isles of the Princes. the Pleas
ures of Prinkipo." The Isles of the Princes lie
in the old Propontis. in sight of STEAMBOAT. Mr..
Cox says: .'They are glorious in physical love-
Illness They are still the isles of Greece al
though under Ottoman rtile. They are City
named isles OF the Prime s.' Upon them the
palaces of the princes OF old Byzantium
erected. Here, too, were their marast cries and
prisons" On one of these islands ''Prnkipo."
Mr. and Mrs Cox rented a villa ard lived one
summer This book is a description OF their
surroundings, their moae of living. their jour
neys among the islands. etc. Mr.. Coxs de-
scrptive and narrative powers good, but his
style. while generally bright, is often loose and
approaches fippancy. STILL be is never tire
3ome. This book. though savoring occasionally
Of the newspaper correspondent style, IS a
graphic and entertaining description or an out
of-the-way spot on the globe. Cloth, illustrated
81. New York: G. p. Putnan's Sons. Indian
Apolis The Bowen Merrill Company.
The library edition of Victor Hugos Los
Missrables," published by Little. Brown q Co.,
of Boston, is a remarkably attractive piece OF
book.work. The publishers say their object has
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great requisites. clean type and handy size.
They have succeeded admirably. The edition
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text Is 10 the main reprint of the English transla-
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which was made with the sanction and advice
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"Pen-Portraits of Literary Women by Them
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Traits OF British Authors" included but
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1.-THE Elements OF Political Economy, with
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political economy in Harvard University, is
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Henry George versus Henry George
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best known WORK, Progress and Poverty"
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and effective method of arrayng Mr. George
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thinks it was only necessary to bring remote
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that ali that Mr.. George builds up at one time
he pulls down at another. This work is very
I'M of ha RIM.
ming common taries of the author on Mr.. Grorce's
fallacies are full of sound doctrine and argu-
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'Ths Ethical Irnport of Darwinisu," by Prof
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THE Story of The Psalms" by Henry Van
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